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Lilith is a very beautiful name. It sounds very exotic and sexy. My husband wanted to name our daughter this, so we did. When people say,"what a beautiful girl, what's her name?" I say Lilith and they say, "What a beautiful name." Older people may think of the character on Frasier, but let's face it, her generation aren't going to know that show. As for the whole evil thing behind the name, well those are just stories, as far as I'm concerned there is no real proof behind it. Why should we not use a perfectly beautiful name like Lilith just because of fiction. I think in the future there will be a lot more people using this name, I meet people all the time that say Lilith will be my next child's name.
I am not quite sure that Lillith's history is also an element in Islamic tradition. Anything in Islamic tradition which is not explicitly in the book, but is in older books, tends to be stamped with a big maybe. I understand the name is not particularly popular among Hebrews and I have only ever encountered it amongst individuals with a feminist or magic penchant. Alistair Crowley's daughter had Lillith in her full name (it was one of perhaps 20 that the little girl had; she died young.)
On another note, the Semitic root in Lillith means "night", which is also the root of the name Leila, which is found among both Jewish and Islamic peoples. It is my name. It is accepted. So I wonder why an equally beautiful name such as Lillith, which bears in essence the same meaning, is shunned.

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